Industrial truck



E. H. REMDE INDUSTRIAL TRUCK Original Filed March 11. i921 2 sheets-sheet 1 SH01 nu! Dec. 27, 1927. 1,654,470

E. H. REMDE INDUSTRIAL TRUCK original Filed uarchil, 1921 2 sheets-sherafb 2 kiim/gialli/ MLM Patented Dee. 27, 1927.

lUNITED 'STATES- EDWARD E. RENDE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,

assIeNon To T1111 :Balma-aannam; cou- PANY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OI' OHIO.

INDUSTRIAL Timex. i

Original application mea umn 11, 1921, serial No.

February 3, 1923.

This invention relates to a truck for industrial uses, more particularly to a truck having mounted on itl an elevatin and carrying mechanism, whereby goo s can be -transported from place to place'rapidly and. economically. One object of the invention 1s to' provide a truck havin an improved elevating and carrying mecaism so constructed that bodies may be readily positioned 1n the elevating and carrying mechamsm, "elevated and transported, and stored.

Another object of the invention is' to mount on the frame of a truck an elevating mechanism of relatively simple construction, .whereby the same may be readily operated.

.Other objects of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates from 'thefollowing description taken in connection with the accompan ing drawings.

For t e purpose of illustration, I have, 1n

theaccompanying drawings ,shown and herein described one form o apparatus-embodying my invention.

' Fig.v l is atop planviewofa truckem- Odymg my invention.

the truck.

` Fig. 2 is a side elevation vof Fig. 3 is an end elevation lookmg toward the rlght in Figs. 1 and 2, enlarged.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentar 'view illustratmg the method of loading a ody;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Fi 3. Iig. 6 is a section on 'theeiline 6-6 of 1 u fn the drawings, 1 indicatesas an entirety the truck or motor vehicle,` preferably'of the electric motor driven type, and having 'a o frame 1" and wheels 2, certain or al1 of which, ifdesired, maybe driven by a driv' ing mechanism 2n and steered. 3. indicates a housing within .which suitable storage batteries.4 may bearra11ged.-V In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown at one -end of the truck a. platform 5.. on which the operative may stand, and control elements 6, 7 and 8 in convenient positions for manipulation in a well-known way, the control element 7 serving; to operate a suitable controller 7 to control the motor of the driving mechanism 2*. 9 indicates a. latform secured in anydesired manxner to t e frame la.

10 indicates as an entirety the and apair of spaced guide .cure the latter to the tween its bifurcated 'the purpose of which will be later 451,622. .Divided and this application nled Serial No. 616,694.

carrying mechanism rigidl mounted on the frame 1 and platform 9 o the truck 1. Of the lifting and carryin mechanism, 12 1ndicates a frame preferaby comprising a base 13 fixed to the frame 1a and platform 9- and members 14 prefervertically above and below the base 13. he guide members 14 prefer ably consist of channel bars the flanges 'of A w 1ch serve as front and rear guide walls for an elevating member 19 to be later rei ferredto.

The base 13 preferabl of channel bars 13, whic together by cross members, one thereof bein indicated at 15. The frame 12 is secur 1 to the truck by a pair of angle plates 16, which are bolted andv riveted to the truck frame Pand guide members 14, respectively, and by bolts 17 extending through the channel bars 13 near their inner ends to sev7 platform 9. The upper 14 may be braced by a rigidly secured in any manner to the inner endsof the ably extendin comprisesa pair may .be connected l ends of the guides pair of tie-rods 18 well-known bars 13-.

The elevating member 19 comprisesa cast.-

1ng having a body portion 19a provided with seats 20., 20, and

airs of upper. and lower arms 21. The .body portion'19 is adapted to have connected to it a lifting and carry'- ing element 22 which will be later described.

-23 indicates devices carried bythe arms 21 vand arranged to engage theflanges of the guide members 14. The devices 23 preferablyr comprise flanged rollers 23a mounted 9( on stud-shafts23" the stems of which iit'into openings formed in the arms 21. The arms 21 of each pair are preferably offset, relative to the central longitudinal plane of the guide members, whereby the upper ,devicesv 23 will 95 engage the frontflanges of the guide members 14 'and the lower devices-23 will en e the rear flanges thereof. 24 indicates a pair of 4spaced lugs between which extends a in Aor shaft 25. 26 indicates a frame swive ed '10 25 and supporting beony the pin or shaft members a pulley 27 yset forth.v

28 mdicates as an entirety mechanism for raising and lowering the elevating member 10 19. Of this mechanism, 29 indicates a frame preferably in the form of 'a casing. 'I he opposite end walls of the. casing are4 prO- v extends. upwardly I th n extends ,preferably mounted on a .member 41 preferably comprises ity when vided with openings to receive and support the opposite ends of a shaft 30 carrying a 32 indicates an electric motor bracket or other extension member of the frame 29. he shaft'of the motor 32 is connected through suitable gearing (not shown) with thedrum shaft, whereby the latter may be driven in either direction at will. 33 indicates a suitable controller, for operating the motor 32. The controller is placed within convenient reach of the operative. 34 indicates a plurality of devices serving to rigidly clamp the casing 29 to the bars 13", at all times. 36 indicates the hoisting rope, which is adapted to be wound on and unwound from the drum 31. The rope is connected to the drum in any suitable manner. From it, therope 36 around a sheave 37 loosely mounted on a shaft 38 supported by the upper ends of the guide members 14. The rope downwardly 27 and then upwardly and over a secon sheave 37 a on t e shaft38, its opposite end being anchored in any desired manner, for example by a clamp 39.

40 indicates a casing having pairs of suitable contact devices (one device of each pair being movable), through'which electric current is established to operate the motor 32 when the lifting member is raised and lowered. 40" indicates an arm pivoted vto the casing 40 and arranged' toengage and operate the movable device of either pair of said contact devices to break the electric circuit when the arm is swung in one direction or the other. At its outer end the arm 40" is bifurcated and straddles a pin or projection 41iL carried by a movable member 41. The a bar and endwise 1n either direction.

The norma osition of the bar 41 is shown in Fig.v 3, eing held against .movement downwardly by a coiled spring 41 inter ide device 41 and a col ar or was adjustably mounted on the upper end of the rod by a nut 41. Upon engagement of the member 19 with one of" the tappets 41", the

.bar .41.is moved endwiseand it 1n turn, P

unattached portlon of the web 43 'is allowed through the pin 41, swings the arm 40", causing the latter to break the circuit. This operation shuts oi the motor and arrests t e elevating member 19 againstfurther If the bar 41 has been moved it will move downwardly 'by gravl the ,elevating member 19 is operated downwardly, until the.y spring 41v engregeges th'e guide device 41; if the bar 41 has n moved downwardly,

movement. upwardly,

seh movement around the pulley f shown, the web 43 t the opposite edges osed between the her 41d A will compress the spring 41 which will return the bar to normal position when the elevating member 19 moves upwardly.

The lifting and carrying particularly adapted for engaging and lifting relatively large or heavy articles that are round or substantially of curvilinear shape, such as rolls of paper, indicated at A in the drawings, rolls of cloth, cylinders and pipes, whereby they can be packed, piled or transported from one place to another. For carrying out these and other' incidental operations, the lifting element 22 comprises a base 42 and a web 43. The base 42 comprises a plate having a main section 42a and a depending section 42". The main section 42 is arranged to be secured to the seats 20, 20, in any desired manner, for example, by a plurality of bolts 44, the inner ,ends of which engage threaded openings formed in the body portion 19" (see Fig. 6)

The openings for the preferably uniformly spaced so that the bolts can be removed and the plate adjusted upor down onthe body portion 19". The depending section 42" extends downwardly 'below the elevating member 19 so that it can serve as an abutment for the roll or other articles to be lifted or transported. The web 43 comprises a relatively wide strip of flat flexible material, such as leather, canvas' or other suitable material having suliicient strength to support necessary to lift at any time. The web 43 is connected at its inner end in any desired v manner tothe base 42, but preferably along a horizontal line so that it is fiexible or folda'ble in a vertical plane; this arrangement permitting the web to be positioned on the Hoor in the manner to be later set forth. As extends laterally beyond of the abutment 42", this ca Adang r of its sagging at one end and causing 1 u ndue strainson the web or other parts of the mechanism. The web is of a length to extend around the article or body to be lifted and be connected, in a detachable manner, at its free end toa suitable connecting device, lsuch as a hook 45, carried by the plate 42.

In using the lifting and carrying element 22, the elevating member 19 is lowered to the osition shown in Fig; 2, and the free or ing or elevating y operated to raise the elevating member 19 yas shown of the elelement 22. is

linder or other body with an openingV combination of a truck frame, a' guide frame.

' mound thereon,

' ,"conneldttgdat one end to'saidY y afmato the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.

"2. As shown in Fig. 3, the hook 45 and VThis o eration will release the tension on the we -and thus allow it -to be detached from the, hook 45.4 From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide a mechanism for lifting or 'transporting bodies that is of relatively simple construction. Since the body engagmg member is. iiexible and may-be'laid ilat on the'iloorthe body or articlel to be lifted' may be rea y moved over or upon the Hexible member (where the body is round it may be rolled into engaging position) and connected in carrying position to the raising and lowering element 22 in al simple manner with minimum labor and then readily lifted or transported.. l

To those skilled in the art of making mechanism of the class described, man a1- terations in construction and widely-differing embodiments and applications ofmy invention will suxgest themselves, without ,de-

arting from e spirit and sco thereof. y disclosures and the description herein are purely illustrative 4and are not intended tobeinanysenselimiting. y `This a plication Vis a division of my orig. mal app cation led March 11, 1921, Serial No. 451,629h

WhatIclaimis: 1.v In apparatus of the class described, the

an.-elevating member slid# ably mound in said guidev frame, for vertically moving said eleva member', said means including a ilexible member conted -to said elevating member, abod enf -on elevating member and-'arranged to' be folded orwrapped und a body to-be'raisedor'.

and ntineansdfodetchably mg opposi en o sai body'engagmg to said independ' entlyfof the connection of said flexible ber thereto to su port 'the latter muy vingl doesA not affect the englag'ement of said body engaging member wit the body.

In a vehicle construction, the 'combina-- tion with a frame having supporting wheels and means for steering certain of sai wheels, of a guide on said frame, a raising ment slidab y engaging said ide, and a. we b having a width greater t an said element and extending laterally beyond its side edges and connectmg'at its op osite ends vand lowerinlg mechanism including an elethereto, one .end 'of said web belng detach# ably connected to said element and the other end being connected horizontally thereto, .whereby the web may be-positioned on the ground or floor andthe rolled over onto the web. A

3. In. apparatus ofthe class described, the

ody to be combination of a wheel vmounted frame', a i

guide on said frame, an elevating-memberslidably enga 'ng said guide, a flexible member connect at'one end to the lower portion of said elevatingmemberand arr to be wrapped around a body tobe lifted, l

means for detachabl site end of said iexi ed thereon, and means o erable without affecting the mounting o the, body on said elevating member for raisingandlowering the latter. 4. AA vehicle constructionv as clamedln cludes a vertically adjustab el Section to nected. l5..In a vehicle construction, the combination of a frame having sup rtingwheels," a guide on said frame, an

engaging said guide, a relatively wide member vhavingits inner end arr transported, means for connect'l the free end of said member at a int' midway beedges to sai 81.*dable-ele-men icl dable element an I tween its side whereby the'body to be engaged issup thereon, said connectinsghmeans compr a hook carriedl by the. disposed in a verticalplane ano formedm-thelatter said element along said guide. Y

whereof scribed my name.

connecting` the oppole Amemberto said elevating member, whereby the-'body is mountou claim 3, in which the elevatin member m- 1 iwhich-said body supporting member is eonangedhorizonv.tally and connected to said element and adapted-to 'engage *ai body to .be lifted or midwlybetwwlu., side ,edges of said body ber, and

`114v to receive said hook, and meansfor moving Ihave 

